On Fri, 15 Jul 2016 12:19:11 -0600
graham wrote:

As Richard Raffan wrote in a recent article, buying a cheap
starter kit is never a good idea. Chances are that these
sellers bought a better lathe and better, HSS tools.

most of the sets are older
probably 20 years or more

and someone is buying them so i would guess the older sets are
better than a modern starter set

buyers are paying more than i would pay and i figure that they
are sought after for their quality